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definition of fork

noun

1

an operating system that has developed from and is slightly different from an operating system that is still currently being used

So, I’ll spell out what I think is happening here. We’re seeing an Android fork. There will be one line for smartphones, the current Android 2.3, Gingerbread, line, and the forthcoming Android 3, Honeycomb, line.

2

also a verb: to create a variant form of an operating system

Google has forked Android (a headline)

Submitted from United Kingdom on 09/11/2011 14:43:00

Definition of fork from the Open Dictionary – a public resource hosted by Macmillan English Dictionary Online